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Factors Associated with CVD

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Epidemiology of Cerebrovascular Disease

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We have considered already the equivocal relationship between the occurrence of CVD and sex or race. The very striking effects of age upon its frequency (except for SAH) have also been noted, and stroke in young adults would best seem to represent the tail expected in any frequency distribution. We might now inquire into those factors which have been claimed to be causative or precipitating in CVD. This necessarily entails speaking to the point of the associated disorders themselves, at least in sketchy outline. Only disorders recently considered related entities will be under review. Older claims, such as an inverse relationship of CVD and CA, especially in women, seem not to have attracted the interest of current workers.

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